I always thought sci-fi movies were being little ridiculous when a robot would interact with a computer by pressing buttons with analog "fingers." But then maybe that's our dark dystopian Burger King future after all.
@DNA the best might be WALL·E, which I'll concede wasn't shooting for verisimilitude.
@xor Incompatible systems? Or maybe to keep them from getting infected? The androids of Ghost in the Shell SAC interact with Section 9's computer network via keyboards. I assume so that this is that they don't get infected themselves. But it might just be lack of thot on writer's part or "cool" aesthetic.
@DNA I've always thought it's a combo of those last two. Kind of like when explosions in space make a sound: might not be "right" but it's what the viewers expect
@xor RIGHT!!!! What's expected rather than what might be more realistic.
@xor Coding to an interface. :) Just assume they have terrible protocol compatibility and fingers are nearly universe, the XML of touch interfaces.
@xor As much as I love TNG, I always wondered how the Enterprise could have realtime teleconferences with anything in the universe, but Data didn't have some kind of wireless link.
Not even an app or anything.
@xor In a similar vein, I've never understood why so much cyberpunk art has wires, wires everywhere, extruding from everything and everyone. Don't those get caught on things? Is bluetooth not cyber enough?
@xor which movies in particular?